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Learning to believe half a dozen impossible things before breakfast I'd say is the most illuminating. It informs us how easy it is for our views to be shaped an
by teyc 15y ago
Learning to believe half a dozen impossible things before breakfast I'd say is the most illuminating. It informs us how easy it is for our views to be shaped and cautions us to act with more humility and more tolerance for people who believe in something different.
Another one is to learn the transformative power of environment on a person. (see recent article on heroin addiction among Vietnam war soldiers). If we are so easily influenced and changed by our society, then what kind of society do we need to shape to create a better self?
- itmag 15y ago"If we are so easily influenced and changed by our society, then what kind of society do we need to shape to create a better self?" The number one problem in my not so humble opinion: the 40 hour workweek. What would happen to society if we could only work 4 hours a day? Would the economy crumble? Or would we learn to rationalize business processes, automate crapwork, prioritize better, stop consuming needless junk, think twice before engaging in wasteful projects, reflect more, etc? Do less, but better and wiser. That sums up a sane society in my view.